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-Can Evangelical Christians Support LGBT Folk in Any Way?

Dr. D — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:14:18 +0000

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A new campaign called ‘Believe Out Loud’ has been launched to encourage Christians to not only support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people but to speak out and not be silent. The new movement is primarily targeting mainline denominations hoping that their influence and voices will heard and make inroads into the Christian community.

My question is this- Can evangelical Christians (those who still believe in the authority of the Bible) support LGBT folk in anyway?

Yes. In the following ways:

1. I believe that we can and should be respectful, loving, and accepting of gays and lesbians that we come in contact with everyday—at work, as neighbors, in our own family, even in our churches.

2. We can support the basic civil rights of LGBT folk—the right not to be mistreated or discriminated against on the job and in housing.

3. I happen to believe that we can support ‘domestic partnership’ laws which give LGBT couples the same legal rights as married folk.

Where do we draw the line?:

1. We don’t have to accept or agree with their lifestyle. We can actually abhor it along with other sinful behaviors that the Bible is clear on.

2. LGBT folks are Biblically excluded from leadership positions in the church along with everyone else who continues to live in a sinful lifestyle.

3. Support for traditional marriage as defined between one man and one woman. Opposition to any other form including same–sex, and polygamy.

Conclusion:

The yeses are not enough for most Gay rights activists who consider evangelical churches to be the enemy. Rightly so if their goal is to make the LGBT lifestyle totally acceptable to everyone including the Christian community.

The Believe Out Loud group is really another attempt to weaken the opposition to same-sex marriage and drown out traditional Christian voices using the power and authority of liberal mainline churches. *Top

Anglican Ruling Reflects Changing Center of Christianity

Dr. D — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:14:44 +0000

“Anglican leaders demanded Monday that the U.S. Episcopal Church unequivocally bar official prayers for gay couples and the consecration of more gay bishops to undo the damage that North Americans have caused the Anglican family.” Read the whole story.

I believe that the recent ruling by the Anglican Council of Bishops reflects the ongoing shift of the center and power of Christianity towards former missions. I have written about this development in a previous post.

In the case of the Anglicans, the churches and bishops in Africa are far more conservative than those in Europe or America. Also, the African churches are growing at a fast pace and gaining greater power and authority within the Communion while the more liberal churches in the USA and the UK are declining.

It will be interesting to see if the Episcopal Church in America decides to remain in the Anglican Communion or goes its own way. The Bishops have ruled that the American church must refrain from observing gay unions and ordaining any more homosexual bishops. The ball is now in the American court–literally. Actually several conservative congregations in America are already trying to leave the Episcopal Church and join with the Anglicans in Africa. Their cases are already in court–law suits over church property.

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The Left, MSM, & Judges- ‘Radically Redefining Marriage’?

Dr. D — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:45:51 +0000

We have all seen it, read it, & lived through it all, in the last several years, but Hugh Hewitt in chapter 6 of his new book-”Painting The Map Red”, documents the whole process to date. The Left and their willing accomplices in the MSM, and in the judiciary, are bringing about a radical change in the definition of marriage. Same-sex ‘marriage’ is a constant ‘drum beat’ that continues to gain ground through intimidation and by Judicial fiat. No one is in favor of ‘real’ discrimination anymore, and many are willing to allow for same-sex partnership rights–”just don’t call it marriage”! Meanwhile, those who want to maintain the traditional definition of marriage, as between a man & a woman, are designated as ‘bigots’ by many in the MSM. Those of us who have religious convictions, based upon the Bible, are portrayed as ‘fascists’ trying to impose a ‘theocracy’, which is just silly since we are not the ones trying to bring a change in this matter.

It doesn’t seem to matter to these folks, that every single vote taken on the federal level & in the states, continues to support the traditional understanding. Do we still have a government ‘of the people, by the people, and for the people’? Or are we now governed by elitist judges, leftist academicians, & the unelected MSM? This November should be interesting!

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